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Find out how to submit brand details to HMRC for Scotch Whisky, Irish Whiskey, Irish Cream, Irish Poteen, Somerset Cider Brandy and Single Malt Welsh Whisky if you're a verified bottler.
Find out about risks of excise duty evasion and other commercial risks if you're an excise warehousekeeper or registered consignor.
Learn more about the support available for Alcohol Duty.
Use the laboratory alcohol table to get the percentage of alcohol by volume on your product.
Check the list of alcohol wholesalers in the Isle of Man that have approval under the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS).
Check which ingredients to use to make cider or perry that qualifies for Cider Duty rates. If you use other ingredients, you must pay Wine Duty rates instead.
This notice must be displayed at every entrance and exit of an excise premises, warning against improper removal of duty-suspended goods.
Find out about checks you need to carry out before accepting goods into your excise warehouse and your obligations when receiving cash payments for duty-suspended sales of alcoholic products.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS).
Find recognised software suppliers that provide internet filing enabled software for Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS).
This notice contains tables to help calculate the quantity of liquid (the ullage) in a cask.
Use the form HM2 to submit your return of excise duty as a registered consignee or certified consignee.
Find out if you can use the Excise Payment Security System when paying the duty due on excise goods released for consumption in the UK.
Use this form to tell HMRC you need to pay additional duty for alcohol, tobacco, oil or biofuel.
Find out about applying for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, how to submit brand information, fees and making sure your production process is compliant.
Use form HM1 to apply to be a part of the Registered Consignee scheme and import duty-suspending goods into Northern Ireland from an EU member state.
Tax representatives must apply for approval to import duty-paid EU excise goods into Northern Ireland, using form HM4b.
Find out who can be authorised to store, process or produce excise goods in a UK Freeport customs site and how to apply to do so.
Find out about temporary changes to the destruction of spoilt beer, cider, wine or made-wine if you're a brewer, cider producer, wine maker or publican.
Find out when you can remove cider without paying Excise Duty and how to do it.
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